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The Native Lakota community in South Dakota is experiencing a rash of suicides among young people. This article suggests that the culture contains not only unemployment, poverty, domestic abuse and alcohol addiction, but sense of despair in the youth. A traditional belief in a “suicide spirit” that looks similar to Slender Man is said to…

The shocking story that brought Slenderman slithering into the public consciousness continues to get a bit weirder. What is going on with the attackers? Girl accused of Slender Man stabbing believes character is real – psychologist | World news | The Guardian. An attorney for one of two girls accused of stabbing their classmate to…

Is SlenderMan the current moral panic? A cosplayer, Daniel Simao, 17, shows up in costume as Slendy and freaks people out at a comic convention. A Seven-Foot Teenage Slender Man Was Kicked Out of Sydney Comic Con | VICE United States. “I chose the character cause he’s tall, I’m tall, it’s perfect for me,” says…

Slenderman, the fictional character, has been a hot topic since two girls tried to stab to death their friend to appease the spindly creature. Now, whenever the name is even MENTIONED, it seems to create an overreact in adults. Florida teen obsessed with Slender Man set fire to own home as mom, brother slept: cops…

Another attack is connected to Slenderman, this time in Ohio. This one sounds less connected, more complicated, and like an overreaction to a scapegoat cause. We can’t tell if it is a copycat case or the Mother seeing a post hoc connection. Hamilton Co. mom: Daughter’s knife attack influenced by Slender Man | Local News…

This may be a first. Slenderman has gotten out of hand – attempted murder connected to the mythological monster. Two young girls are charged adults with first-degree attempted homicide of another girl. 12-Year-Old Wisconsin Girls Charged in Stabbing – ABC News. Prosecutors say two 12-year-old southeastern Wisconsin girls stabbed their 12-year-old friend nearly to death…

Not much to go on here but somehow I don’t think the police took it too seriously. Mason man tells police his phone, television go crazy | Lansing State Journal | lansingstatejournal.com. The resident reported being on the phone and computer and playing Xbox simultaneously when the phone and television went crazy: volumes went up…